Feed-water heater



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G. S. STRONG.

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No. 262,147. Patented Aug. 1, 1882.

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FEED WATER HEATER.

Patented Aug. 1, 1882.

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UNTTTED STATES PATENT Ormea.

GEORGE S. STRONG, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FEED-WATER H EATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,147, dated August 1, 1882.

Application filed June 24, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. STRONG, al citizen ofthe United States, residingin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Feed-W'ater Heaters for Locomotives, of which the followingis a specilication.

The object of my present invention is to use, in connection with a locomotive and without incumbering the latter, a feed-water heater similar in general principle and construction to that for which I have obtained Letters Patent Nos. 226,939 and 227,072.

In the accompanying` drawings, Figure l, Sheet 1, is a side view ot' a locomotive and tender with my improved i'eedwater heater and connections, those parts only which relate to my invention being shown in full lilies, and the remainder beingin dotted lines. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a plan view of the tender on a larger scale than Fig. 1. Fig. 3, Sheet 3, isa perspective View of the heater and pipes connected therewith; and Fig. et, Sheet 4, and Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8, Sheet 5, detached views of parts ot' the apparatus.

The heater consists, as usual, of an upright cylindrical vessel, A, with dome-top, and is located in the rear end of' theiuel-space of the tender,which,bein g semicircular, is adapted for the reception ot' the heater without unduly limiting the space 'available for fuehthelatter comprising in the present instance the space in front ot' the transverse partition shown in Fig. 2. The heater has at the bottom a steamchamber, A, which communicates with the vertical heating-pipes A2, and above the latter are the live-steam coils A3 and filter A4, as in my former heater. (See Fig. 4.)

The exhaust-nozzles ofthe locomotive have curved internal partitions, a, Fig. 5, which serve to trap a portion of the escaping steam and direct the same to pipes B on the opposite sides of the locomotive, these pipes being connected by suitable flexible couplings to pipes B on the tender, and the latter communicating with the steam-chamber A ofthe heater, so that when the locomotive is in motion a constant supply of exhaust-steam is introduced into the heater.

A blow-off pipe, D, from the safety-valve communicates with one of the pipes B through a valve-chest, b, having a cylindrical valve, b',

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with a port, b2. (See Fig. 6.) Under ordinary circumstances the valve b occupies a position in an extension, b3, ofthe valve-chest, and does not interfere with the free passage of steam through the pipe B; but when there is a discharge from the safety-valve the valve bf, owing to the excess of pressure from below, rises and permits the volume ot' steam from the blow-oft' pipe to pass backward into the pipe B, through the port b2, the valve falling as soon as the ilow of steam through the blowoff pipe ceases. During the time that the valve b is raised the tlow ot' steam from the exhaust-nozzle through the pipe B is cut oft', and the valve is preferably furnished with a rod, b4, under control ot' the engineer, whereby this result can be effected, when desired, iudependently of the action ot" the safety-valve blow-oft'. While this form of valve is preferred, it is not absolutely essential, as a checkvalve located in the pipe B, between the blowotf pipe D and the exhaust-nozzle, might be used in place ofthe same in some cases.

The tender carries a pump, II, of which t is the suction-pipe and e the discharge-pipe, the latter terminating :in a nozzle within a chest, f, Fig. 7, which communicates with the interior of the heater and with a circulating-pipe, g, as in the former patents. Live steam is conveyed to the heater through a pipe, It, and after circulating through the coils A3 escapes through a pipe, t', having two branches, m m', the former conveying steam to the valve-chest ot' the feed-pump, and the brauch m terminating in a receptacle, F, in which is deposited the water ot' condensation. rlhe receptacle F has two pipes, n a', extending to a gage, p, at the front end ot' the tender, and the lower pipe, a', communicates through a pipe, s, with the suction-pipe d ofthe pump, which thus serves to draw the water ot' condensation from the receptacle. The pipe s has a valve whereby the tlow of water through the sameis regulated, the adjustment of the valve being determined by the rapidity with which water accumulates in the receptacle F, as indicated by the gage p. The branch m may communicate directly with the pipe d in some cases; but the use ot the receptacle F and pipes a a is preferred, as providing means for more accurately governing the action of the apparatus.

The feed-water is conveyed from the heater IOO to the boiler through ajointed pipe, t, as shown in Fig. 2.

` There are in the heater in the present instance three live-steam coils, A3, each independent of the others, and each connected at the upper end toa branch,w, on the inlet-chest J and at the lower end to a similar branch on the outlet-chest J', so that a more rapid iicw of steam is insured and more thorough heating et'ected than when the coils are made of a single continuous pipe, there being also less condensation-an important point when it is ccnsideredthat the steam, after its escape, has other duties to perform.

I am aware that it is not new to pass exhaust-steam through thc water in the tank of a locomotive-tender for the purpose ot" heating the same prior to pumping it into the boiler; but this plan is essentially different from the main feature ot' my invention, for when the iced-water is thus heated to a comparatively high temperature it is ditticult to pump the same or convey it to the boiler by an injector, whereas the pump in my ease acts upon the water before it is heated, and the feed-water bei ng always maintained in the heater at boilerpressure, it will iow readily from the heater into the boiler when communication between the two is established.

rlhe two exhaust-pipes 13 B may converge before reaching the heater, a single pipe only entering the latter; or in some eases a single exhaust-pipe only may be used. rlhe latter arrangement, however, interferes with the regular beat or pnlsation of the blast from the stack, and is therefore objectionable.

As the heater is combined with a Iilter, a large casing for the structure becomes necessary, and by locating the structure in the fuel-space of the tender I not only overcome the objections to placing the same upon the locomotive, but 1 am also enabled to remove the pump or injector from thelocomotive, and to bring said pump or injector, as well as the heater, asfclosc as possible to the supply of water.

l claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the casing A, located on the tender ot' the locomotive, and having internal heating-tubes and a filter, a pipe or pipe leading from the casing to the boiler of the locomotive, as set forth.

2. The combination ofthe heater A, the exhaust-steam pipe D, and the safety-valve blowot' pipe D, communicating with said pipe B, as set t'orth.

3. The combination ofthe heater A, the exhaust-steam pipe B, the blow-ott' pipe D, and the chest b, having a sliding valve, b', with port b2, as set forth.

4. The combination of the heater A, the cxha-ust-steam pipe B, the blow-ottl pipe D, and the chest b, having a sliding valve, b', with port b2 and rod b4, as specified.

5. rIhe combination of the heater and feedpump with the live-steam coil having a discharge-branch communicating with the steamchest ot' the pump, as described.

6. The combination of thc heater and feedpump with the live-steam coil having two branches, m m', the former communicating with the steam-chest ot' the pump, and the branch m serving as a. drain-pipe for the water of condensation.

7. rBhe combination ot' the heater, the feedpump, and the live-steam coil having a draining-b1ancli,m, communicating with the suction-pipe ofthe leed-pump, as set t'orth.

S. The combination ot' the heater, the feedpump, the live-steam coil having a drainingbranch, m, the receptacle F, the pipes a n', the gage j), and the valved pipe s, leading from the pipe n to the suction-pipe ot' the pump, as specied.

9. Ihe combination of the heater with two or more steam-coils, and with inlet and outlet chests having as many branches as there are coils, as specilied.

In testimony whereot' Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE SIMPSON STRONG.

Witnesses:

HARRY DRURY, HARRY SMITH. 

